JoAnn Scofield, 78, died Sunday May 8, 2011, in Kettering, Ohio. She previously resided in Brown County and Nineveh.

JoAnn grew up in Knightstown at the Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Children's Home where she was an accomplished musician and singer. She attended Indiana University where she received her degree in education. She taught at Nineveh Elementary and Atterbury Job Corps.

Survivors include a brother, John Scofield of Stockton, Calif.; four children, Kathy Pruitt of Berea, Ky., Andy Pruitt of Oakwood, Ohio, David Pruitt and Dirk Pruitt of Greenwood; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a son, William Pruitt.

The family is planning a private memorial service.

Family or friends wishing to express memories and condolences to the family can do so by e-mailing those messages to joann.scofield1933@gmail.com.